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The developer must now contend with environmental review red tape, as concerns grow over coal dust and health risks.

A new report reviews major advances in cancer research — and warns of the impact of federal funding cuts.

The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells.

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Qualitative Research to Improve 2030 Census Communications

U.S. employers added 29,000 jobs in September as the unemployment rate inched up to 4.2%. Job gains for July and August were revised down by a total of 60,000 jobs, extending a lackluster run for the job market.

The FIFA World Cup brought matches, team base camps, fan watch parties and events to the region.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to make it simpler for Californians to install plug-in solar panels. Models that meet state standards are expected to be on sale in mid-2027.

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WNBA playoffs have begun, and the Golden State Valkyries started strong with a win over Dallas.

Since Friday’s blaze, many tenants have either sought shelter at the Red Cross or in their cars, with the cause of the fire still under investigation.

To some, she’s an out-of-touch elitist, to others, a champion for democracy.

Building dams and hydropower plants in the Himalayas holds great promise for providing electricity. In the wake of the Nepal disaster, experts are asking about the risks of such construction.

The Black Mississippi teen's family questions whether his race contributed to his July 4th death on an island off the Mississippi coast.

A lock of hair, 15 years of sleuthing and a 200-year-old question. In History by a Hair, Smithsonian Institution scholar Richard Kurin follows the DNA trail back to Thomas Jefferson.

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The new findings show that reduced public transit service and station closures would affect traffic and quality of life throughout the region.

The firefighters were battling the Dome Fire on steep, high-elevation terrain when the helicopter went down.

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

California solar panels tower over canals in Turlock, proving to save water, produce clean energy and improve local water quality.

With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances.

Dutch riot police have dispersed several hundred far-right protesters in The Hague after violence has erupted.

Friedman was in her early 20s when she landed her first position as an editorial assistant at NPR. She became an editor and reporter, and a co-creator of the annual Books We Love reading guide.

Nancy Pelosi worked behind the scenes in politics for years until a special election changed everything

Inflation, gasoline prices and the cost of living are top of mind in the election season. How are higher costs shaping the way you live? NPR wants to hear.

Already, close to 100 lawmakers who started this Congress will not be around for the next one, according to an NPR analysis, driven by record-setting retirements and primary defeats.

The brush fire broke out Wednesday morning, exploding to nearly 300 acres and spreading at a dangerous rate, fire officials said.

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The proposal reflects growing public opposition to AI infrastructure. Similar proposals are expected around the Bay Area.

McConnell spent weeks in recovery before explaining he was "briefly unconscious" following the fall that sent him to the hospital and a weeks-long recovery process.

The visionary costume and fashion designer was known as the "Sultan of Sequins" for his eye-catching celebrity looks.

Diesel prices in the U.S. has hit yet another record, soaring past $6 a gallon on average as Washington's war with Iran disrupts the world's flow of fuel

A Trump census proposal would stop asking about race and exclude millions of U.S. residents from a count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."

It’s the second time this year a late-night interview with the Texas U.S. Senate candidate has been moved online.

The sweeping lawsuit brought by Common Cause argues federal agencies are illegally surveilling and intimidating people who try to peacefully observe federal immigration enforcement activity.

Barbara Keating died aboard one of the planes that hijackers slammed into the World Trade Center. Her remains were finally identified last year, and her family is gathering for a long-delayed funeral.

New Apple CEO John Ternus announces the iPhone Duo, which folds like a passport and is the most radical iPhone design update in nearly 20 years.

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Michael Perillo, 47, was arrested in September 2024 after a brutal killing in Oakland, California. His family says they want accountability and answers.

A new study shows the steep economic cost of 2025's ICE raids in Chicago. Fear kept many immigrants home, draining the area of more than $1.26 billion in lost retail, restaurant, and sales-tax revenue.

In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart.

As new federal rules push hundreds of thousands of Californians off food assistance, an East Bay nonprofit is growing produce from 10 acres wedged between a landfill, a concrete recycler and the Chevr...